User icon An illustration of a person's head and chest. Sign up Log in. Web icon An illustration of a computer application window Wayback Machine Texts icon An illustration of an open book. Books Video icon An illustration of two cells of a film strip. Video Audio icon An illustration of an audio speaker. Audio Software icon An illustration of a 3. Systems" stated: " If you know a tech friend who has an MSDN or TechNet subscription, this would also do as they could download and burn the iso for you.
The post was deleted because it was poor advice. Please remember that folks who post here are looking for correct advice and not half-baked ideas or opinions. Carey Frisch. Dear mongoled,. I also agree with your view that freedom of speech should be allowed in such a forum.
This is going to be a difficult task. Dear Carey Frisch,. Now say theoretically even if I upgrade some hardware components such as RAM etc.
This does not make sense. In such case the company should also have some provision for replacing the media as this could happen to just anyone. All I had was a oem dell xp pro disc, I used that and it installed and during the install it went to ibm and got all the drivers for touch pad and such and all seems to work fine. My question is, is there any advantage to have used the ibm disc? Not sure how to tell as there are no problem devices and all seems fine but if there is an advantage to using the ibm disc I would like to reinstal with the ibm disc if I could find one.
Yes, you can make a new XP disc that can be used to reinstall that system. Step 2: extract the boot image from the CD or download a new one search the net for instructions or a copy. They need to be compressed; makecab. Note: only three are needed, but I got tired of remembering which three. Step 4: open setupp. Step 5: burn the new CD. It should be identical except for those 5 files. A lot of sites all over the net have you making a LOT more changes than these.
Many of them are convenient but these are the bare minimum required to make this work. Step 3 ties the install to the hardware which is what makes this legal and allows it to pass WGA. Step 4 tells the install to accept OEM keys instead of retail ones.
Your information is very generic and not specific at all if one is attempting to buy XP on eBay. There must be something about the key itself that identifies the version and you ignore that completely. Granto, noone is going to show you the key over E-Bay. They would just copy and paste that and never buy the product. Instead, you have to use the COA key located as a sticker on the outside of the computer.
It will work like OEM Product key that must be activated. The 1st time, it should work online. Erik has raised a topic which has puzzled me for ages. Why does Jelly Bean sometimes reveal the same product key as is on the COA and sometimes something which is completely different? Well, the generic key worked but not my key generated by Jelly Bean — even when I tried to change the key using various methods! Will try to activate over the phone with MS later but it looks like we may have to upgrade to Windows 7 before the 30 Day Activation period runs out.
However, the OS on the computer itself is Windows XP Home, which seems to suggest that at some stage, there has been a reinstall, but not as per the License sticker. Despite the latter, everything seems to be working correctly, and Windows updates are occurring perfectly OK, but is there any simple way for me to change from the Home version to the Pro version, especially as the laptop does have a License key for XP Pro?
However the update will involve a compltete re-install of the operating system so you should ensure you have all data and programs backed up before you attempt it. If windows updates are still working correctly and you dont need any of the active directory and advanced networking features pro offers you probably dont unless your on a domain network then I would just leave it as is.
If your windows updates suddenly start informing you your software might be pirated then its time for the change over. Am I missing something? What if a person does not have the sticker any more but the license key is valid and validated by Microsoft as legal and one writes down the key but has no one of determining what version it is,, OEM or Retail or which ever???
This happened to me with one of our clients, he does not know where the license key sticker is but the key installed on the system is valid and is the system, its not a cracked version, its all legal, I extracted the key from the registry and now I am struggling to repair the installation. Is there anyway of checking with the key which version it is?? Thanks in advance. Great Site! Not quite what you asked for but maybe close enough?
I have one value named Pid. Follow the same rules for modifying the PID to figure out what you have. Anything else, search the net. Several months ago, a question was posed if there is a way to determine what OS a COA is licensed for.
I currently have on my bench to repair a Sony Vaio laptop that has a what looks to be a retail version of a Microsoft COA, however, no indication on what type of OS, i. John, To upgrade from home to pro: locate an OEM pro cd and boot from it.
Once it detects the previous installation XP home tell it to repair. It will upgrade it to pro and ask you for your pro key. Can I simply download a windows xp from the internet and enter the product key? It passes WGA and it is valid? I have wondered about the original equipment installation requirement. It looked about 15 decades. A good deal of folks from around the world remains to install it inside their computers and notebooks.
It is considered the most widely used operating system in the world, even though it has many releases. Windows XP also has various features, versions, and features, and it is also known to be built on the Windows NT kernel. In addition to some advantages and disadvantages, Windows XP is very versatile.
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